Integrated Quantum-Optics and Optomechanics
Please note: We have moved to the University of Münster:
www.uni-muenster.de/Physik.PI/Pernice/
Welcome to the homepage of our lab. The group was established in October 2011 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, led by Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice within the framework of the Emmy-Noether Programm (DFG funded). Research in the group is focused on the use of nano-photonics and nano-mechanics to realize novel functionality of integrated optical chips. Have a look at some of our recent work at the research pages.

Our paper on photonic memories appears in Nature Photonics, hits news.

Nico's contribution to atom clad waveguides in collaboration with R. Löw and T. Pfau at Uni Stuttgart appears on the cover of APL. Read the paper >>

Simone's article on multi-photon detection appears on the cover of APL. Read the article>>

Patrik's work on surface functionalized diamond devices appears on the cover of Advanced Optical Materials.

Wolfram was appointed as a Professor! Congratulations from all the Pernice Group members!

Patrik's paper on diamond electro-optomechanical resonators is on the cover of APL. Read the article>>

Patrik wins prestigious Deutsche Telekom Stiftung scholarship. Well done!
Patrik Rath wins the KDOP outstanding publication award in the research area "Photonic Materials & Devices" for his work on diamond optomechanics. Congratulations!

Carlos wins the outstanding presentation award at this year's Phase Change and Ovonics Symposium (EPCOS). Congratulations!

Svetlana wins KHYS scholarship to work at Yale University as a visting assistant in research. Congratulations!

Wolfram is elected to the Junge Akademie an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der
Wissenschaften und der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.

Patrik's paper on Diamond Optomechanical devices is published by Nature Communications.
Our lab will form part of an international collaboration with MSPU in Moskau to develop fast single photon chips. Read more.

Our paper on waveguide single photon detectors is published by Nature Communications. Press Release.

Patrik is awarded the 2nd place in the 2012 Raith Micrograph Award. Congratulations!

Our proposal of an all-optical, non-volatile memory element is highlighted by Nature Photonics.

We are awarded seed funding to investigate novel imaging methods for single biological emitters. The project is part of the Karlsruhe-Heidelberg Research Initiative (HEiKA).

We make the cover of APL with our paper on non-volatile photonic memories using phase-change materials. >>link
Our group is awarded project funding to investigate the properties of hybrid chalcogenide-nanophotonic circuits in collaboration with H. Bhaskaran and D. Wright at the University of Exeter and R. Agarwal at U. Penn.

Our new paper in Nature Nanotechnology describes the realization of a non-volatile memory element driven by opto-mechanical interactions.
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